ML20102A188

Submits Addl Info to Justify Proposed Amend 50 to Application for 40-yr OL from Date of Issuance of Ol.Fsar & Environ Rept Supporting Application Based on 40-yr Operating Life

ML20102A188
Person / Time
Site:	Fermi
Issue date:	02/01/1985
From:	Jens W DETROIT EDISON CO.
To:	Youngblood B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
NE-85-0243, NE-85-243, NUDOCS 8502080181
Download: ML20102A188 (2)

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Wayne H. Jens Mc] Prcmdsnt N x % u O p ra % ng y

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n Newpat. Mchgan 48166 February 1, 1985 (3'a s8mo NE-85-0243

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- Director.of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Attention:

Mr. B. J. Youngblood, Chief

-Division of Licensing U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C.

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Reference:

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Fermi 2 NRC Docket No. 50-341 (2)

Amendment No. 50 Submittal to the Amended 1

and_ Substituted Application for Licenses, dated August 31, 1983

Subject:

Additional Basis for Forty-Year Operating

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License

' In: Amendment No. 50,.The Detroit Edison Company requested that the NRC issue an Operating License (OL) for Fermi"2 for a term of forty (40) years from the date of issuance of-the OL rather than the date of issuance for.the.

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Lconstruction permit.. Subsequent to our request w'e have had discussions.with the Fermi-2 NRC Project Manager that has indicated additional.information is required.- This letter-provides the additional information requested.

- Detroit Edison' finds.that no significant safety or adverse environmental impact is anticipated as a result of the requested change.

The-following: points provide additional-justification to support this. position:

. (a)' The Fermi-2 Plant is located in a rural area where the population growthJover the forty-year lifetime is expected to be.small.

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f(b).Having; Fermi-2 Plant:available for a forty-year term.would maintain system capacity, promote fuel' diversification, and. defer' capital costs and-

environmental 1 impacts of replacement capacity.

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Environmental considerations associated with'a

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forty-year operating term do not change.signifi -

y' cantly.

Impacts on the aquatic ecosystem from

' water use.and chemical, thermal, radioactive and.

7J' other-waste discharges derived from continued i

e plant operation, would remain small.

Likewise the impact on the terrestrial' ecosystem from contin'ued

. cooling tower operation,. radioactive discharge,

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and land use would also remain very small.

In any case, the Environmental-Protection Plan for Fermi

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Lthat. appropriate environmental-assessments are performed;and satisfactorily reviewed by NRC before' proceeding with any operational or' design 4-changes.which could potentially_have adverse

_ environmental impact.

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A forty-year. operating term would extend the socioeconomic benefits from operation-of.the Plant..

The creation of direct and indirect jobs and-sus-

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tained tax benefits would' continue to outweigh the f.

_small'. adverse impacts'from land use and the con-

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tinued demand for. community services.

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.b'alance of?the fuel cycle will. continue to be low.

h, 1The magnitude"of the plant impact is notLexpected_to: vary

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.significantly over.an extended ^ forty-year lifetime. 7 All aspects Lof : the. design. of Fermi--2 z Plant have been chosen to:

be compatible'with,aLforty-year'l operating lifetime objective'.

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.as thelbasis:for the Final' Safety Analysis ~ Report (FSAR)

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.and; Environmental _ Report E(ER). to support:ourLapplication-x

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, for~ a forty-yearsoperating -license... Therefore, owe rask that-swhen';youiissue the' Fermi-2~ Plant OperatingELicense.that it-9 gr f

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